Experimental Researches Regarding the Thermodynamic Activities in the Binary Pb-Sb Alloy System

Autor: Mihai Buzatu, Nicolae Serban, Stefan Burciu, Gheorghe Iacob, Florentina Niculescu, Dragos Marcu, Ionuţ Mircea Petrescu
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion. 38:700-706
ISSN: 1863-7345
1547-7037
Popis: We have determined the thermodynamic activity of Pb and Sb in the Pb-Sb binary system. For the experiments, we used a galvanic cell in which the measuring electrode was made of Pb-Sb alloys with different chemical compositions. The reference electrode was manufactured from pure lead, and a mixture of salts (35% KCl, 17% NaCl and 48% PbCl2) was used as an electrolyte, which had a melting temperature of 399 °C (672 K). Tungsten wires were used for the contact conductors of the electrodes, and platinum wires were used for the electrical contacts between the measurement instrument and the contact conductors. The variations of activity coefficients depending on its atomic fraction were calculated for the Pb and Sb in the Pb-Sb binary alloy system. The experimental measurements were performed at a temperature of 650 °C (923 K). The obtained data are reliable and consistent, and now, based on these, thermodynamic functions can be obtained that can help the scientific community to correctly describe the behavior of the Pb-Sb binary alloy system.
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